Myositis ossificans imaging: keys to successful diagnosis
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Myositis Ossificans
A 35-year-old man presented to the emergency department complaining of right hip pain after being struck by a car while crossing the road. His vital signs were stable, and he complained of right hip pain. He had no other comorbidity. On examination, tenderness and reduced abduction were noted in his right hip, but the gait was normal. The plain radiograph of his pelvis revealed a large, well-ci...
متن کاملCommentary: myositis ossificans.
M yositis ossificans, also known as ossifying hema-toma or heterotopic ossification, is a potentially disabling condition that most often affects the thigh and is typically associated with contact sports (e.g., football, rugby, lacrosse). The risk of myositis ossificans after a thigh contusion varies between 4% and 74%. The critical questions are: How can we identify high-risk patients? and Wha...
متن کاملMyositis ossificans progressiva.
Myositis ossificans progressiva is a rare, incurable disease causing progressive ossification of skeletal muscles leading to total immobility. We report one such case.
متن کاملComputed Tomography in the Diagnosis of Myositis Ossificans – Case Report
BACKGROUND The term myositis ossificans refers to the formation of ossifications in the muscles, ligaments and fascias, usually as a result of trauma. Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva is a rare genetic disease in which heterotopic ossifications appear in early childhood and are accompanied by feet and spine defects. CASE REPORT We present a case of a 31-year-old woman with massive hetero...
متن کامل[Myositis ossificans progressiva: Munchmeyer's disease].
Illingworth, R. S. (1971). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 46, 264. Myositis ossificans progressiva (Miinchmeyer's disease): a brief review with report of two cases treated with corticosteroids and observed for 16 years. Two cases of myositis ossificans progressiva were treated by corticosteroids. In one case the course of the disease was not affected. In the other case, after 5 years' progre...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0971-3026
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.95402